Profession and professionalization

Involved projects:

• Interpretative competences of the self-educational process of children
  
• Professional monitoring of learning and educational processes in day-care centers

The research cluster "Profession and professionalization" aims for providing elements for a theoretical foundation of early childhood education. In doing so, the research cluster pursues a conjunction of profession-theoretical research questions in terms of basic research and professionalization-theoretical research questions in terms of progressions in common practice. The current reform endeavours in the field of early childhood education need corroboration through basic research and empirically derived suggestions for future advancements. Thus, the two projects forming this research cluster provide elements of an empirically based theory on professional actions in the field of early childhood education by reconstructing the interior logic of professional interpretations and actions and by contextualizing them theoretically. The central component for such a theory is the reconstruction of the patterns of interpretation and professional practices in conjunction with observation, documentation, and diagnostic techniques. 

Presentations:

Cloos, P., Schulz, M., Brée, S. & Kieselhorst, M. (2010). Fachtag zum Thema Entwicklungsmaße und frühpädagogische Reflexion. 29. November, Universität Hildesheim.

Closs, P., Schulz, M., Brée, S. & Kieselhorst, M. (2010). Summer school der FBE-Forschungsprojekte der Universität Hannover, Fachhochschule Hildesheim und Universität Hildesheim. 30. August - 01. September, Hildesheim.

Cloos, P., Schulz, M., Brée, S. & Kieselhorst, M. (2009). Beobachtung und Dokumentation kindlichen Handelns als professionelle Herausforderung in Kindertagesstätten. Arbeitsgruppe im Rahmen des 7. Bundeskongresses Soziale Arbeit, 24.-26. September, Dortmund.

Cloos, P., Schulz, M., Brée, S. & Kieselhorst, M. (2009). Expertenhearing des Forschungsclusters "Profession und Professionalisierung", 02. Oktober, Hannover.

Kieselhorst, M. & Schulz, M. (2010). Erforschung kindlicher Bildungsprozesse (u.a. in Zusammenarbeit mit den FBE-Projekten der Universität Hannover). Symposium im Rahmen der Tagung Bildung und individuelle Förderung in Kindertageseinrichtungen und Schulen. 22. Februar, Hildesheim.